Bobson
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I have three questions I want to ask, and each is on a different topic. Short of starting three threads (at least one of which is likely to be limited to a very short number of responses before being answered in full), I thought I might ask all in the same thread.
First: A gun for my wife. I understand the whole "let her test a bunch" thing, and I plan to. However, I had a question about Glocks specifically. I've known for quite a while that Glock offers a compensated version of the G21 (the G21C). Today, I learned they also make a G19C and G23C. My question is regarding the effectiveness of a compensator on a 9mm or 40S&W. My wife is sensitive to recoil - she hated shooting my XD40. But she likes the feel/look/design of a Glock. I'm hoping she'll pick a gun in 9mm or larger caliber. Is it likely that the G19C or G23C will have noticeably lesser recoil than a standard G19 or G23? Does anyone own either of these compensated Glocks? If so, what's your opinion of it/them?
Second: Need my dad to send me my shotgun. He has it at his home in Washington state. I live in Arizona. Does he need to take it to an FFL, pay, and have them send it to an FFL here in AZ, where I'll pay and then pick it up? If so, what's the best way to go about this? Should I just start calling FFLs near my dad (in WA) and ask if they'll agree to ship to my local FFL here in AZ?
Third: Looking to get a guard dog. I know this isn't related to guns, and I apologize. Was going to post it in S/T/T but didn't want to add unnecessary threads. Here's the thing: I'm a fairly heavy sleeper. My wife and I are house-sitting for her mom while she's out of state for a week. Her mom's house has an alarm system that beeps (fairly loudly) when someone enters through a door or window, assuming the alarm is set. We set it last night before bed. We woke this morning, and her sister (who has a key and knows the alarm code) was chilling in the kitchen, eating. I know the alarm went off between her opening the front door and disarming the alarm (maybe a 10-second time span), but it wasn't enough to wake me from my sleep, which worries me. Had she been a burglar (or home-invader with other objective), how long would it take me to hear the house alarm and wake up? Thirty seconds? 60? Any amount that would make it "too late?" So we want to get a dog soon. If nothing else, I trust that a dog will make a much more effective night-time alarm than anything else.
I value the opinions and advice I pick up here from THR members much more than anywhere else on the net (whether that's good or bad can be debated another time), so while I will check other areas online, I really want to get any advice from you guys/gals. We will be house-training the dog and it will live in the home with us, so we want a short-haired dog that isn't prone to drooling all over the place. We also want a medium to medium-large dog. We have a one year old daughter and plan to start trying for our second child sometime this year, so it needs to be a breed that's good with children. I was thinking an American Staffordshire Terrier. I know people view pit bulls as being particularly violent and untrustworthy, but I know firsthand that they can be extremely loyal and protective family dogs.
Without debating the qualities and/or effectiveness of a dog as an intruder alarm, are there any other breeds we should be considering? Thank you very much for any advice, regarding any of the three questions/topics I brought up.
First: A gun for my wife. I understand the whole "let her test a bunch" thing, and I plan to. However, I had a question about Glocks specifically. I've known for quite a while that Glock offers a compensated version of the G21 (the G21C). Today, I learned they also make a G19C and G23C. My question is regarding the effectiveness of a compensator on a 9mm or 40S&W. My wife is sensitive to recoil - she hated shooting my XD40. But she likes the feel/look/design of a Glock. I'm hoping she'll pick a gun in 9mm or larger caliber. Is it likely that the G19C or G23C will have noticeably lesser recoil than a standard G19 or G23? Does anyone own either of these compensated Glocks? If so, what's your opinion of it/them?
Second: Need my dad to send me my shotgun. He has it at his home in Washington state. I live in Arizona. Does he need to take it to an FFL, pay, and have them send it to an FFL here in AZ, where I'll pay and then pick it up? If so, what's the best way to go about this? Should I just start calling FFLs near my dad (in WA) and ask if they'll agree to ship to my local FFL here in AZ?
Third: Looking to get a guard dog. I know this isn't related to guns, and I apologize. Was going to post it in S/T/T but didn't want to add unnecessary threads. Here's the thing: I'm a fairly heavy sleeper. My wife and I are house-sitting for her mom while she's out of state for a week. Her mom's house has an alarm system that beeps (fairly loudly) when someone enters through a door or window, assuming the alarm is set. We set it last night before bed. We woke this morning, and her sister (who has a key and knows the alarm code) was chilling in the kitchen, eating. I know the alarm went off between her opening the front door and disarming the alarm (maybe a 10-second time span), but it wasn't enough to wake me from my sleep, which worries me. Had she been a burglar (or home-invader with other objective), how long would it take me to hear the house alarm and wake up? Thirty seconds? 60? Any amount that would make it "too late?" So we want to get a dog soon. If nothing else, I trust that a dog will make a much more effective night-time alarm than anything else.
I value the opinions and advice I pick up here from THR members much more than anywhere else on the net (whether that's good or bad can be debated another time), so while I will check other areas online, I really want to get any advice from you guys/gals. We will be house-training the dog and it will live in the home with us, so we want a short-haired dog that isn't prone to drooling all over the place. We also want a medium to medium-large dog. We have a one year old daughter and plan to start trying for our second child sometime this year, so it needs to be a breed that's good with children. I was thinking an American Staffordshire Terrier. I know people view pit bulls as being particularly violent and untrustworthy, but I know firsthand that they can be extremely loyal and protective family dogs.
Without debating the qualities and/or effectiveness of a dog as an intruder alarm, are there any other breeds we should be considering? Thank you very much for any advice, regarding any of the three questions/topics I brought up.
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